Release rigging



T. H. GOODNOW ET AL.

RELEASE RIGGING Filed July 21 1920 2 ShBGtB-Sheet l 9 10 14 H I 7 Elll Juiy 22 E9 T. H. GOO DNOW ET AL RELEASE RIGGING Filed July 21 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 22, 1924.

THEO'DORE I-I; eoonnow, 0F OAK PARK,AND WILLIAM S. sormonnsa os orrroneo,

' ILLINOIS.

..;RELEAsE RIGGING;

Application filed July 21, 1920. seriarno, 397,851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,:THEoI oRnH.,Gooi5- NOW and VILLIAM SSOHRO ER, citizenso'f the United States, residing, respectively, at

r Oak Park and Chicago, both in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement, inv Release Rigging, of which the followingiis aspect fication.

This invention relates to improvements in release rigging and more; particularly to. the two-lever type of device for uncouplingerail way cars. i i I ,Itris the object otthis inventiontoprovide an uncoupling device of this, character in which the pin lever and hand lever are fulcruined in a'bracket, that acts also as a stopfor: the. pin' lever should it; become broken or detached from thelocking pin of the coupler. and prevents its flying back and striking theoperator. Itsis a furtherf object of this invention to so eonstructthe. braeket as to, positively retain the two levers nor mally at their fulcrum, yet, allow; of the ready removal on replacen1ent,-, should it be desired. v

l/Vhile the preferred forms of thisinvention are illustrated upon, theaccompanying sheets of drawing, yet it is to be understood that ,detailchangesinay be made without departing from the scope thereof. 7

In the drawing, Figure 1,,is a view inelevation of the end of a car, with parts broken away, illustrating one form-,of this inven: tion attached to the end sill ofutlie car.

Figure 2;, is an enlargeddetailaplan view of the bracket, with the parts ofthe leve rs brokenotf andthe end sill in-section on the line, AAv Figure 1.

Figure 3; is an enlargedydetail view ,in side elevation ofthe bracket, looking in the direction of the arrows'on Figure 1, showing the end sill andlever in gsectiononjtheline B+B oflthat figure.

F-ig,ure 4; is an enlargeddetail view in front elevation of the, bracket with agpart of the outer end T brokenaway to ,show. the, end of the pin lever.

Figure 5; is atop plan view ofthe endof a car, with parts-broken away, illustrating a nodi-fied form of this inventionattached;

to the end sillof the car.

FigureG; is, an ie'nlarged detail ,VleWjiIlfront elevation, looking in the direction, of the arrow AA,, Figure ,5,--.with then-ends otthelever brokenQofi'landa par f the: bracket gbroken away to sh0w theend of ;enlarged detail viewin side elevation of thebraeket,looking, in the 'direetion, of the; arrows on, Figure 5, with hile the, other. is normally. retaine f om exeessi e a er lamoveme but apa le of limited'oscillatio l ne. bracket 6. ac e to the end sill. The hand lever 7 is, also nor mally retainecl'aga-inst excessive lateralrnovement in the bracket but capable of osoillation and is. provided-with. an arm 8 rf r ctuat ng thepinleve ,Tl e bracket 6 comprisesa a 9v adapted to. be se ured ,tQt eend sill by bolts or other means, with an arm 10,,extendingat right angles therefrom. for mounting; and ac g as; a. fulcruin for. the, hand and pin: levers. Thetopkandlbottom of thebracket arm at thejouter-end, are; provided with extensions or: flangeslhprotruding in, theqdirection of the longitudinal center of the car and the otltheiarrnqbetween the extensions is providedvwith an aperture, orslot 12 of sinlicient size -to, allow the endsot both levers to "be,passedftherethrough. v The hand lever is provided' with a studvlg on theside next the ver frominor nalpos t on, n a direction awavji omthe couplerrl ead. by enga ng, the bracket arm, and thelevenbo dy on thegothen of ,the lbracketflarnr isl bentv or ofi set to. formanint gral shoulder adapted to engage, the. bracket arm and limit, the movememories; lever in the, opposite direction. The; braeket ,,ai'm aperture 121s extended on one SidB tOEEfQI In a continuation 150i less height,,than th'e niainaperture and of a Width; suflie ent tblr receive the e d of o e lever. The pin lever near its, end iscut. away. on top to forn a groove or-5indentat1on 16,1andisadaptedto be (received within the continuationfof jthe", aperture 1 and when in place the ends of the, indentationwill engage the bra ket wall; and limit-the movement of the. lever in% both directions dsillfiadapted tolimit the movement, of

V out its length and is not shouldered.

To assemble, the hand lever is passed through the bracket arm main aperture until the shoulder 14 and stud 13 are on opposite sides of the bracket wall, the lever then is moved bodily against the wall which allows sufiicient space in the main aperture for the insertion of the indented end of the pin lever. When the indentation of the pin lever comes within the bracket arm, this lever is moved bodily Within the continuation of the aperture with the indentation under the upper part of the arm body. To maintain the levers in this position a cotter or split pin 17 is passedthrough the arm extensionsll andbetween the ends of the levers thereby holding each in its normal position within the bracket.

It is readily seen that the bracket in both -forms shown. forms a fulcrum for both levers and should the locking pin engaging endof the pin lever bQCOQlG bIOlKEIl or detached the bracket arm extension will act as a stop and prevent the lever flying back endangering the operator. To remove or replace the levers or one of them, the cotter pin which separates them is removed allowing first one'and then the other lever to be moved towards the center of the aperture and out of the engagement with the bracket arm.

' Figures-5, 6 and 7 illustrate another form of application of this invention in which the bracket 20 isof the same generalconstruction. The hand lever is also provided with a stud 21 but extends straight throughhe pin lever is provided with an indentation 22 on its upper side near the end. The aperture in the bracket arm is irregular in form,

one portion 23 being of such shape and size over into normal position which will allow the end of the hand lever to be inserted until the stud engages the bracket arm. To maintain the lever in normal relation tothe bracket arm a cotter or split pin 25 is passed transversely through thehand lever on the side or the bracket opposite the coupler and clear of the adjacent end ofthe pin lever. To remove the lever from the bracket the V cotter is removed which allows the removal on one of them to allow the limited oscillation in a horizontal plane, required to preventthe movement of the car from breaking the lever, As shown the indented end of this pin lever is provided with a thickened portion 26 within the bracket which is curved and rounds oil" to the end'on one side of the bracket and tapers into the normal lever on the other side of the bracket.

What we claim is:

1. In a releaserigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers ofa lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, the adjacent ends of said levers passing through the bracket and fulcrumed thereon, and means upon each lever co-acting with the bracket for limiting longitudinal movement of the levers. V

2. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, the adjacent ends of said levers passing through the bracket and fulcrumed thereon, means upon each lever coacting with the bracket for limiting longitudinal movement of the levers, and means forming parts of the bracket limiting oscillation in a. vertical plane.

8. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive and mount the adjacent ends of the levers and .means upon the bracket co-acting with meanslupon one lever limiting longitudinal movement of one lever, and means forming parts of the bracket limiting oscillation of both levers.

4. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive and mount'the adjacent ends of the levers and means upon the bracket co-acting .with meansupon one lever limiting longitudinal movement of that lever, andmeans upon the other lever limiting longitudinal movement of that lever. i

5. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive and mount the adjacent ends of the levers and means upon the bracket coacting with means upon one lever limiting longitudinal movement of that lever, means upon the other lever limiting longitudinal movement of that lever, and means forming parts of the bracket limiting oscillation of both le-- vers in a vertical plane.

6. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive the ends of the levers, one lever having an indentation on one edge, said aperture having a continuation of lesser height adapted to receive the indented portion of the lever, and means for maintaining both levers in the bracket.

7 In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive the ends of the levers, one lever having an indentation on one edge, said aperture having a continuation of lesser height adapted to receive the indented portion of the lever, and limit longitudinal movement of said lever.

8. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured tothe car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive the ends of the levers, one lever having an indentation on one edge, said aperture having a continuation of lesser height adapted to receive the indented portion of the lever and limit longitudinal movement of said lever and means for maintaining both levers in the bracket.

9. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket, adapted to be secured to the car, said bracket including an arm provided with an aperture adapted to receive the ends of the levers, one lever having an indentation on one edge, said aperture having a continuation of lesser height adapted to receive the indented portion of the lever and limit longitudinal movement of said lever, means for maintaining both levers in the bracket, and

means between the sides of the levers allowing limited oscillation in the horizontal plane. 7

10. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted tobe secured to the car, having an arm provided with an aperture receiving the adjacent ends of the levers,

lever having an indentation on one edge the ends of which form shoulders adapted in normal position to be engaged by the body of the bracket arm upon longitudinal movement of said lever, and means upon the other lever adapted to engage the bracket arm and limit the longitudinal movement of said lever.

12. In a release rigging, the combination with the hand and pin levers of a lever bracket adapted to be secured to the car, having an arm provided with an aperture receiving the adjacent ends of the levers, one lever having an indentation on one edge the ends of which form shoulders adapted in normal position to be engaged by the body of the bracket arm upon longitudinal movement of said lever, and means upon the other lever adapted to engage the bracket arm and limit the longitudinal movement of said lever, and means maintaining both levers in normal position within the bracket arm, said means allowing oscillation of the levers in a horizontal lane.

THE DORE H. GOODN OW.

WILLIAM S. SCHROEDER. 

